{"id":508576,"date":"2026-03-07T04:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T04:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508576\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T04:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T04:48:16","slug":"how-to-watch-caitlin-clark-angel-reese-and-team-usa-at-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/508576\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Watch Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Team USA at FIBA Women\u2019s Basketball World Cup Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wnba\/who-should-be-unrivaled-mvp-chelsea-gray-paige-bueckers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the second season of Unrivaled now in the books<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wnba\/wnba-sets-deadline-cba-negotiations-avoid-affecting-2026-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the upcoming WNBA season in jeopardy<\/a> as the players\u2019 association and the league work through a new collective bargaining agreement, women\u2019s basketball fans might be a bit worried about when they\u2019ll get to see the biggest stars in the sport back on the court.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">March Madness will provide plenty of action, but for those waiting to see Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and the rest of the W\u2019s stars suit up, good news was delivered on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\"><a href=\"https:\/\/press.wbd.com\/us\/media-release\/tnt-sports-acquires-exclusive-us-english-language-broadcast-rights-world-class-fiba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TNT Sports reached a deal<\/a> with the International Basketball Federation that will see the network\u2019s channels broadcast the biggest FIBA events, starting with the FIBA Women\u2019s Basketball World Cup this September.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">Additionally, TNT Sports will provide coverage of Team USA\u2019s run through the qualifying tournament ahead of the World Cup, which tips off on March 11 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Team USA is in a six-team pool alongside New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Italy and Spain. The top four from the group after a round-robin tournament in the next two weeks will make it to Berlin this September.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">The schedule and coverage for those games can be found below.<\/p>\n<p>Date<\/p>\n<p>Time<\/p>\n<p>Matchup<\/p>\n<p>Network<\/p>\n<p>March 11<\/p>\n<p>4:45 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>USA vs. Senegal<\/p>\n<p>truTV, HBO Max<\/p>\n<p>March 12<\/p>\n<p>7:45 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Puerto Rico vs. USA<\/p>\n<p>truTV, HBO Max<\/p>\n<p>March 14<\/p>\n<p>4:45 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>USA vs. Italy<\/p>\n<p>truTV, HBO Max<\/p>\n<p>March 15<\/p>\n<p>1:45 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand vs. USA<\/p>\n<p>truTV, HBO Max<\/p>\n<p>March 17<\/p>\n<p>4:45 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p>Spain vs. USA<\/p>\n<p>truTV, HBO Max<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"78\">Turns out we might be googling \u201cWhat channel is truTV,\u201d a few days early this year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7b\">There\u2019s some extra excitement around this edition of Team USA, as it will mark a passing of the torch of sorts to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/usabasketball\/status\/2029587512621224343\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a new trio of young stars<\/a> in Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers. With Team USA the four-time reigning champions of the tournament, they have quite a legacy to uphold.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">It\u2019s still unclear when the WNBA season will tip off, or if it will happen at all should there be an extended work stoppage, but that doesn\u2019t mean the biggest stars in the sport will be off your screens for long.<\/p>\n<p>More WNBA on Sports Illustrated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the second season of Unrivaled now in the books and the upcoming WNBA season in jeopardy as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-508576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}